According to our tradition, at the end of the year the “De Boni Arte” Foundation gathers the best Russian musicians for a gala concert in the Catholic Cathedral of Moscow. Each of them prepares an impressive Christmas and New Year’s program, and all together they present a kind of “hit parade” of festive music! This time distinguished artists will perform Christmas music together with their kids, and some of the latter have already gained popularity!

Gala concert… It always presupposes that we will get the “the best”. The word “gala” was borrowed from French, it means “celebration”, “feast”. Usually it is applied to the parade of pop stars at the end of an important festival or competition.

For many years running, this is the way the Cathedral on Malaya Gruzinskaya st. has been closing the calendar year. The favourites of the public choose from their repertoire a rather small but most beautiful, brilliant and joyful composition to decorate the invisible but splendid musical Christmas tree.

This time a New Year’s surprise is awaiting the audience. The famous maestros will be accompanied by their gifted children. Many of them, in spite of their young age, have won prizes at international competitions. Not only will these family ensembles demonstrate high professional skills, but they will create a special cosy atmosphere that goes perfectly well with the New Year’s mood.

The musical Christmas tree is richly decorated with various musical instruments: harps, violins, oboe, cello, percussion, euphonium, saxophone, lute… and the Russian balalaika will be there too! But, as usual, it is by the king, the big organ of the Cathedral, that the musical ball will be directed.

The programme corresponds perfectly to the occasion: there are plenty of gentle Christmas tunes, Vivaldi, Bach, Shubert, Dvořák… This is a fantastic chance to get infused with positive emotions for the whole of next year.